Roxie Richter

Gender

Female

Relationships

Ramona Flowers (ex-girlfriend)

Occupation

Artist Half-ninja

Powers

Near ninja-like speed Teleportation Ninja magic

Roxanne "Roxie" Richter (spelled "Roxy" in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World) is Ramona's fourth Evil Ex and her only ex-girlfriend. She is also "half-ninja". She dated Ramona while they both attended The University of Carolina in the Sky.

Appearance

Roxie is a light-skinned girl of short height (apparently shorter than Ramona) who's described as being chubby by the rest of the cast. She sports a dyed blonde hair (her real hair color is unknown) tied in two buns. Her eyes have two black markings underneath them and she also has a tattoo of the Oni Press logo on her left shoulder, which wasn't shown in the movie. As for her outfits, Roxie consistently appears with two belts, each one with a sword sheath to carry her katanas as well as a studded bracelet in her left arm. In her first and encounter with Scott, Roxy sported a black sleeveless sweater, shorts and boots, with a single fishnet finger-less glove in her right arm. In her second encounter in The Happy Avocado, she now has a white sweater, with sleeves this time as well as a matching white short. She also wearing a pair of roller skates. In her final encounter, her appearance is similar to her first outfit, except now she wears a pair of shoes with white thighs instead of boots. That look also serves as the basis of her appearance in the game, but with an orange color scheme instead. Her appearance in the movie adaptation is also slightly different, while she still has her hairdo and eye markings, her outfit is changed, taking elements from both her first and last looks. She now wears a ripped black jacket that exposes her bra decorated with studs, as well as fishnet thighs and a pair of fuzzy boots. She also lacks her sword, which is replaced by an iron belt with razors that she uses as her primary weapon of choice in the movie. Her appearance in Scott Pilgrim Takes Off seems to be somewhat the same as in the comics. While she has her sleeveless sweater, shorts, boots, studded bracelet and fishnet fingerless glove, she also has a red mask with fangs on it.

Powers

Roxie could move at near-ninja like speed, attaining a velocity where she became visible to the human eye only as a black blur. She was able to travel through Subspace, having taught Ramona everything she knew. Both she and others repeatedly bring up that she is not a ninja, only "half-ninja", though the details are not explained. It may be that only one of her parents was a ninja, or that she never fully finished her training. Roxie is also capable of teleportation, and can disappear in a cloud of smoke. In the movie, she can become invisible. The Free Scott Pilgrim comic also implies that she can magically turn movie posters into "Ninja Scrolls".

Personality

The first time she attacked Scott she was very mad because he punched her in the boob. Roxie has an inferiority complex over her appearance and her "half ninja" background. She also enjoys taunting Scott. Roxie is also an accomplished artist, and she had an art show in a local gallery somewhere in Toronto. Ramona was thinking of attending; however, Scott defeated Roxie before the show opened. She also seems to be very descriptive, since she is seen using a lot of personifications. Of all the evil exes, Ramona and Roxie seem to have the best relationship and hold the least animosity when Roxie isn't trying to kill Scott. In fact, judging from her dialogue the first time she and Ramona appear together, her reason for wanting to kill Scott is not just a desire for revenge against Ramona; she apparently seeks to kill Scott because she believes that he's "obviously" cheating on Ramona with Lisa Miller. When Ramona hid Scott in her bag and fled into Subspace, Roxie did not want to hurt the former and let them go, giving Scott a day to prepare for their duel.

Trivia

She has a small tattoo of the Oni Press demon on her left shoulder. In the movie, though, that part of her shoulder is covered up, so chances are the tattoo isn't there. The mask Roxie wears in the anime is called an oni mask. Roxie uses a sword that can turn into a chain whip, a reference to Isabella "Ivy" Valentine from the Soul Edge/Soulcalibur series. Roxie trying to kill Scott in his dream could be a reference to Nightmare on Elm Street, in which if someone is killed by Freddy while in their dreams, they die in real life.